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Chinese policeman attracts big social media following
A social media account run by a police officer in China has more than 640,000 followers reading his quirky crime advice and posts debunking rumours. One piece of advice police officer Wang Haiding posts squashes a long-running urban myth about kidney thieves: "A kidney dies only hours after removal. You can do nothing with one stolen from a stranger, except stir fry it," he says. It's part of a campaign to give a more human face to both the police and officialdom. While the account is full of cute pictures of dogs and internet slang, Wang says that there's a serious point to it. "The essence of my work is to build trust," he says. Online rumours have become a major concern in China, and government attempts to control the conversation lack trust because their social media presence is often a "one-way information pipeline". The personal touch has made Wang so popular that he regularly has to tell his followers to dial the emergency services number to report a crime, rather than tell him first. (Source: BBC.co.uk)
The long pocket of the law
David writes: "Do not complain about NZ police not attending scenes quickly enough. Police on Tanna Island, Vanuatu, have advised that cash is short and whoever called police to attend a catastrophe would need to pay for fuel for their vehicles to take officers to the scene."
